Are You Experienced? (song)

"Are You Experienced?"
Song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience
from the album Are You Experienced
Released
  • May 12, 1967 (1967-05-12) (UK)
  • August 23, 1967 (US)
RecordedApril 3, 1967
StudioOlympic Sound, London
GenrePsychedelic rock[1]
Length4:02[2]
Label
Songwriter(s)Jimi Hendrix
Producer(s)Chas Chandler

"Are You Experienced?" is the title track from the Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1967 debut album. It has been described as one of Jimi Hendrix's most original compositions on the album by music writer and biographer Keith Shadwick.[3] The song is largely based on one chord and has a drone-like quality reminiscent of Indian classical music.[4] It features recorded guitar and drum parts that are played backwards and a repeating piano octave.[5] Live recordings from 1968 are included on The Jimi Hendrix Concerts album and Winterland box set.

  1. ^ Gallucci, Ennio (February 24, 2021). "Top 20 Psychedelic Rock Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  2. ^ From Are You Experienced liner notes (original international Polydor edition)
  3. ^ Shadwick 2003, pp. 106–107.
  4. ^ Shadwick 2003, p. 106.
  5. ^ McDermott, Kramer & Cox 2009, p. 43.